Rookie Kendall Marshall and veteran forward Jared Dudley don’t even play the same position. But Twitter supremacy? That could be up for grabs.

“I got over here, and they were just like, ‘Jared Dudley’s the Twitter King’ or ‘The Sheriff,’” Marshall said. “I don’t know if I’m going for that. I’m second to none. I’m extremely cocky when it comes to Twitter.”

The pair are easily the team’s two most prolific tweeters. Marshall, a rookie from North Carolina, has 124,646 followers. Dudley has 128,461.

Neither has the most on the team — former Laker Shannon Brown and former Rocket Luis Scola each top the 200,000 threshold — but Marshall and Dudley make up for it in production. Marshall has more than 10,000 tweets. Dudley has nearly 12,000.

“It’s very fun,” Marshall said. “I think it’s a useful tool for fans to get to know you off the court. You get to show a different side, that you’re more than just a basketball player. I love Twitter.”

Marshall (@KButter5) joined the social media service in high school, and thought it was “stupid” at the time. But as he gained followers, he became a convert.

The best bet for any fans to get a follow is to kowtow to his interests: “People who are talking about basketball, talking about sneakers, making me laugh.”

In person, Marshall is less exuberant than his Twitter feed suggests. He calls Twitter his family, where he can let loose.

Dudley (@JaredDudley619) sees a split personality.

“Kendall is like bipolar,” Dudley said. “He’s got a different personality off Twitter. On Twitter, you’d think he’s a sociable guy. He’s really a quiet guy. You can’t be a social media guy if you’re not sociable, right?”

Maybe that's trash talk from the reigning champion.

Maybe it's true.

“It takes me a while to warm up to people,” Marshall added. “I can be very quiet and standoffish. On Twitter, I feel like that’s my family. I’m very fun. I’m always talking on Twitter. I guess you could say I’m two different people.”

A good way to warm up to new teammates? Follow them on Twitter. Marshall tried that with Scola, Goran Dragic and Marcin Gortat, but ran into a bit of a hurdle.

“I don’t know what they’re saying on their Twitter,” Marshall said. “It’s all in different languages.”

It’s safe to say that when they want the ball, they’ll tell the young point guard in person.

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